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2025 Preseason Illinois Fighting Illini Rankings

Main Poll Voters

User Rank Rationale
CommodoreN7 6
fredmerc111 7
Helifino 7
shadowwingnut 8
Sometimeswelose 8
arrowfan624 9
Blooblod 9
halldaylong 9
ikindalikelemons 9
NyquillusDillwad20 9
RegionalBias 9 Man ball time
Striker743 9
12panther 10
_fastball 10
ch1l1_ch33s3 10
DarkLegend64 10
DrKennethJNoisewater 10
Dropbackandpunt 10
Staind075 10
ToeInDigDeep 10
Zloggt 10 Is it TOO high? Yes! But this is MY Preseason Poll - I get lots of wiggle room to be biased, fr*ck you!
Acm0028 11
BananaBouquet 11
Cassiyus 11
ChaseTheFalcon 11
deadtofall12 11
hascogrande 11
HUSKEROYAL 11
JustinMSU21 11
kflinderman 11
MoneyManeVick 11
monkeymatt1836 11
Muffinnnnnnn 11
Pure_Protein_Machine 11
RegulatorRWF 11
RheagarTargaryen 11
wameron 11
CambodianDrywall 12
CptCheese 12
EpicSchwinn 12
galacticdude7 12
Hey_Its_Roomie 12
jthomas694 12
kamiller2020 12
Mr_Brews 12
nemoran 12
noahthearc 12
one98d 12
owlalwaysloveyew 12
PHubbs 12
plannedsickdays 12
Red261 12
RollWarTideEagle 12
SteemieRayVaughn 12
the_neverdoctor 12
UNC_Samurai 12
VerySeriousBanana 12
WarEagle9 12
bannista7 13
BosskOnASegway 13
cornholesurfer 13
cvsprinter1 13
Drexlore 13
HelioOne 13
Longvols 13
MahjongDaily 13
MemeofMemeJTG999999 13 End of Last Season: #16 (10-3) |
Next Week: vs Western Illinois |
Projected Bowl: ReliaQuest Bowl vs Ole Miss
OldCoaly 13 Bielema ended last year on a high note. Favorable schedule with the worst games at home. IlliBuck trophy win this year?
SpadeRyker 13
TaylorLeprechaun 13
w8w8 13
ALStark69 14 +2
Casaiir 14
CFBHurts 14
GoBlueScrewOSU7 14
IceColdDrPepper_Here 14
malowry0124 14
nbingham196 14
RiffRamBahZoo 14
Ch-i-ef 15 Refer to my ASU comment
CockADoodleBOOM 15
Corgi_Koala 15
Hackasizlak 15
Hugefootballfan44 15
Megalomanizac 15
titansfan174 15
ya111101 15
JBonkies 16
manbeardawg 16
Pollaski 16
practicallybert 16
seaotter2 16
T-Thugs 16 Illinois has high hopes coming off of a 10 win season. Are they legit? They've got some early tests with Duke and then Indiana.
TheNSAAgent777 16
BearsAreGreat1 17
Blazeth 17
BRNXB0MBERS 17
cyberchaox 17
eclectic_tastes 17 A lot of lucky bounces last year but a lot of returners. I have to say Bielema has proved me wrong about how this would go...
Klaassy23 17
Pikachu1989 17
Rakarei 17
sasmith2015 17
tdoger 17
vanburen1845 17
Bank_Gothic 18
TDenverFan 18
woakley 18 Recruiting Rank #42 Poll Rank #19 Production Rank #4 Overall Weighted Number 23.3
GeauxTri 20
Noelthemexican 20
retnuh101 20
TheZachster 20
BallSoHerd 21
HarbingerOfFun 21
colton_97 22
frone 22
LiptonCB 22
TadKosciuszko 22
jalexjsmithj 23
JeromesNiece 24
spmartin1993 24
COLU_BUS 25
Xtremeloco 25

Provisional Poll Voters

User Rank Rationale
energydan 8
kevinsdomain 8
ArlyntheAwesome 9
Fhaksfha794 9
hbh110 9
hoovereatscowpoop 9
JackWK_Gaming 9
Jay_Dubbbs 9
PeteyNice 9
The_Good_General 9
Yelich04 9
CakeEaters 10
Dan20698 10
DodgerOfZion 10
DownshiftGD 10
ElyxUW 10
gavinw24 10
GoStateBeatEveryone 10
Kirkwood641 10
Middle_Wheel_5959 10
Phoenix0114 10
redwave2505 10
saquad69 10
slashbopzing 10
Windoge_Master 10
ckubi 11
ETHTrillionaire 11
fm22fnam 11
GoxxoG 11
jtchr33 11
KansasChaser2021 11
kcvtdc 11
laprasrules 11
Lefunnymaymays4lief 11 Most people who rank Illinois high don’t even realize why they’re ranking them this high. Altmeyer is seriously underrated, and the returning production is only behind Clemson and maybe Penn State among the top 15 or so teams. Bielema ball is a much better fit in the B1G than it was in the SEC despite him stuffing Beamer in a locker last bowl season
logace444444444 11
Logamer1012 11
luciusetrur 11
Mascorn 11
mccainjames11 11
mr_longfellow_deeds 11
Real_TSwany 11 Illinois showed everyone they belonged in the conversation when they put down the Gamecocks in last year's Citrus Bowl. They look to keep that momentum against a tough Big Ten schedule this season. It's been a long time coming for the Illini.
TheReformedBadger 11
throwaway_6786 11
Tornadohunter24 11
True_Ad5324 11
usernamegoeshere763 11
AdministrativeAnt683 12
DillyDillySzn 12
gonshpreds1 12
headyhawk 12
Holyachilles04 12
hurricaneatx 12
JJones927 12
jonstark19 12
Kareem89086 12
Luigiatl 12
MainPeanut25 12
mcdsmaster8824 12
PSUMediaPA 12
requiemsux 12
scrambolambo 12
tms42206 12
WebfootTroll 12
Aidanj927 13
bolts_win_again 13
brucewaynewins 13
bruhstevenson 13
CardInternational753 13
chillmagic420 13
daredassdude 13
Euphoric_Relative_13 13
Fantastic-Calendar-9 13
geordieColt88 13
HideNZeke 13
josh55134 13
journey1986 13
loganisfresh 13
ManiacalBlazer 13
Mossed26 13
MPotato23 13
NastyWideOuts 13
pvadali 13
Redbogey98 13
Sflabuckeye13 13
SortaDecent 13
SufferingfOrLife 13
TheBeekman8 13
TheSleaze22 13
TolkienFan71 13
twr96 13
Buckeye_CFB 14
dukemetoo 14
jcdehoff 14
Menktenk 14
OCD3ds 14
PsychologicalFox8660 14
RedBarracuda25 14
Rishik01 14
willbill182 14
Different-Salary2899 15
Esb5415 15
GeyWeyner12 15
ianmcmoney 15
jibberishdhyukl 15
Mission_Big_2145 15
Quick-Newt-5651 15
sammyt21 15
thealbinotitan1 15 Returns altmyer and important pieces from last year
thehornedlamb 15
thereaname 15
AJ_CC 16
dawgfan24348 16
isrealball 16
KansasEF5Tornado 16
LoCh0_xX 16
nebsA1 16
Piptit 16
samtaylor92 16
sirvalkyerie 16
TommyWiseau22 16
tvjbowe571 16 Crazy putting them this high but the South Carolina win last year doesn't mean nothing
Versigot 16 I have literally never heard of this school before today
Coteup 17
MajikSix 17
Protoco2 17
Resolve-Opening 17
samspopguy 17
thatoneguyD13 17 Tier 4. Schedule sets up well and some really good players.
twitter_paulbd 17
zmp1924 17
Chipsahoy523 18
FloridaBoy317 18
g_trechel 18
quadnips 18
supercon21 18
cfbpeoplespoll 19
ConstantPause1239 19 B1G: 5
Crelc3 19
Dawg-Bite 19
EL-YEO 19
HopefulReb76 19
Underground_Bread 19
70277027 20
buccaneerboy22 20
Laschoni 20
mauliknshah 20
scsd4222 20
soonertiger 20
sroach91 20
atbrw 21
dubscurry30 21
Noahsince2002 21
xX_GIGA_MAN_Xx 21 Kinda weird how the B1G only has 4 teams here, yet they're all in the top 10 besides Illinois. Just a strangely top-stacked conference. If Illinois can just reach like 10-2/11-1 they should be in the playoffs. Only really difficult game on their schedule is Ohio State, and maybe if USC is good them too
mill1634 22
Bereft13 23 Power: 23, SoR: 22; LW:
GenuineBoss 23
FrontRunner51 24
kcspot 25
quantum_jedi 25 I think this is unfairly low for the Illini, but the model does not like the overall dearth of stars. They return an excellent QB and are coming off a great season. They likely lack the top end talent to compete with the upper echelon of the B1G, but expect Illinois to be a tough out for anyone and have to another great season.
slatibartifast3 25
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Green = Hybrid

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